Memorial

Book of Remembrance 1939-2002 Community College

Willington Quay

Memorial Name: Book of Remembrance 1939-2002 Community College (W56.12)

NEWMP Ref No.: W56.12

Parish: Willington Quay

Original Location:

Churchill Community College, Churchill Street, Wallsend NE28 7TN

Which War:

1939-2002

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 12th November 2002.

Inscription:

(Dedicated to servicemen and civilians of Willington Quay, Howdon, Willington Square, Rosehill and Holy Cross who died during wars and conflicts 1939-2002).

Memorial Description:

Book of Remembrance.

Every serviceman who died has his own page with family details and regimental badge.

Names:

See Transcript.

Notes:

1. These books of remembrance were presented for safe keeping in St. Mary’s Church; St. Paul’s Church; St. Mark’s Church; St. Aidan’s Church (now demolished); Churchill Community College. These were researched and produced by Don Price.

2. These were dedicated at the same service of unveiling of the plaque W56.10

Research Acknowledgements:

Don Price, Wallsend LHS

Research In Progress:

If you are researching this memorial please contact 2014@newmp.org.uk

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

Slide 1

Photo

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Slide 2

  The Willington Roll of Honour 1939-2002

  On Tuesday 12th November 2002 a service of remembrance was held at    

  Churchill Community College to dedicate a memorial plaque to the   servicemen and civilians of Willington Quay,  

  Howdon, Willington Square, Rosehill and Holy Cross who died during wars and conflicts from 1939-2002.

  At the same service, books of remembrance were dedicated for safekeeping in:

  St Mary’s Church

  St Paul’s Church

  St Mark’s Church

  St Aidan’s Church

  Churchill Community College

  I have received several inquiries asking if a copy of the book can be purchased.   

       Unfortunately, only 5 were printed    

  and such a limited reproduction would prove too expensive. I have therefore produced

  an amended version of the

  book on disc, free to anyone who may wish to copy it.

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Slide 3

  When you go home

  Tell them of us and say

  For your tomorrow

  We gave our today

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Slide 4

The Willington Book of Remembrance 1939-2002

Don Price

 

This book honours the servicemen and civilians of Willington, who ‘gave their tomorrow for our today.’  A book of this nature can only be as complete as the names provided and as accurate as the information available at the time and I apologise for any omissions.

  

My research in most cases began with the daily Roll of Honour published in the Evening Chronicle from 1939-1947. Names taken from this source were compared with the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and where possible related to the 1939 and 1945-1947 Electoral Registers.

  

Finally, I attempted to contact relatives and although my successes were limited, the response from the relatives I was able to talk with made the effort well worthwhile.

 

I would like to thank the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for access to their records, Jim Winter for allowing me unlimited access to his badge collection and David Baldwin, Headmaster of Churchill Community College.

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Slide 5

I am also grateful to the following organisations

and personalities for their help, advice and financial support:

  

The Royal British Legion

Canon Joan Dotchin

Rev Sheila Hamil

1st Volunteer Artillery (Tynemouth) Association

RHQ (Northumberland) The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Assn, Newcastle Branch

Bridon Ropes, Willington Quay

101 (Northumbrian) Regt Royal Artillery (V)

101 (Northumbrian) Regt Royal Artillery (V) Officers Mess

204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery, Royal Artillery (V)

The Evening Chronicle

Mr Terry Clarke, Parade Marshall

Alexander Paul and Dick Cartwright, Pipers

Peter Davison, Bugler

Tom Cook, Music teacher

North Tyneside Veterans Committee

Stan McCully

Northumbria Army Cadet Force

1151 (Wallsend) Squadron Air Training Corps

Children’s University

Bernadette Blencowe for permission to use an extract from “Folks Alang the Road,” a book written by her father Mr. A Senior in 1980.

Gallaher Ltd.

GENUKI Index to the “Civilian War Dead Roll Of Honour”

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Slide 6

  Remembrance 1939-2002

  In the early months of the war a special area was set aside in Holy Cross Cemetery   

  for service war graves.

  (Photo of War Graves)

  

  At the going down of the sun

  and in the morning,

  We will remember them.

        Laurence Binyon

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Slide 7

  In memory of

  Alexander Allison

  H.M.S. Daedalus 11, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

  Died on Friday 21st June 1940.

  Age 21.

  Husband of Margaret Oliver Allison, North Shields; son of

  Harry and Sarah Hannah Allison of 25 Rutherford Street Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PRESTON CEMETERY, Tynemouth.

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Slide 8

  In memory of

  William Wilson Ballantyne

  H.M. Motor Minesweeper 168, Royal Naval Patrol Service.

  Died Monday 25th June 1945.

  Age 32.

  Son of William and Lizzie Ballantyne; husband of Edna Ballantyne,

  of 55 Bede Crescent, Holy Cross.

  

  Remembered with honour

  STAGLIENO CEMETERY, GENOA, Italy.

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Slide 9

  In memory of

  Thomas Brooks

  S.S. Virgilia, Royal Navy.

  Died 24th November 1941.

  Age 21.

  Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Brooks, of Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHATHAM NAVAL CEMETERY, Kent.

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Slide 10

  In memory of

  Richard Wake Burdon

  H.M.S. Algerine, Royal Navy.

  Died on Sunday 15th November 1942.

  Age 24.

  Son of Richard and Minnie Burdon; husband of Helen W. Burdon

  of Point Pleasant, formerly of Shakespeare Street, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 11

  In memory of

  John Cafferky

  H.M.S. Avenger, Royal Navy.

  Died on Sunday 15th November 1942.

  Age 22.

  Son of Peter and Hannah Cafferky, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.

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Slide 12

  In memory of

  James Cain

  H.M.S. Cumberland, Royal Navy.

  Died 4th January 1946.

  Age 22.

  Son of Edward and Jane Cain, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 13

  In memory of

  Michael Cassidy

  H.M. Submarine Tigris, Royal Navy.

  Died on Wednesday 10th March 1943.

  Age 25.

  Son of Michael and Mary Ann Cassidy, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.

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Slide 14

  In memory of

  Thomas Elliott

  H.M.M.T.B.  12, Royal Navy.

  Died on Friday 19th December 1941.

  Age 29.

  Husband of Dorothy Elliott; son of William and Janet Elliott, of

  Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 15

  In memory of

  Ralph William Gilpin

  H.M.S. Somali, Royal Navy.

  Died on Thursday 24th September 1942.

  Age 24.

  Son of Alfred and Martha Ellen Gilpin, of 60, St. Peter’s Road

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 16

  In memory of

  George Thomas Guy

  H.M.S. Georgetown, Royal Navy.

  Died 1st December 1941.

  Age 30.

  Husband of Ada Guy, of Rosehill

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 17

  In memory of

  Leslie Harkin

  Royal Navy, H.M.S. Sainfoin.

  Died on Wednesday 7th March 1945.

  Age 33.

  Husband of Margaret Harkin, of Heaton; son of Thomas Edwin and

  Mildred Harkin, of 62 Clavering Street, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 18

  In memory of

  John Henderson

  H.M.S. Hood, Royal Navy.

  Died on Saturday 24th May 1941.

  Age 19.

  Evening Chronicle 1941

  John Henderson,

  H.M.S. HOOD,

  67 Deneholm, Willington Quay,

  Signalman, 24 May 1941.

   Only child.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 19

  In memory of

  Thomas Joseph Hepburn

  H.M.S. Penzance, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

  Died on Saturday 24th August 1940.

  Age 22.

  Son of Thomas and Janet May Hepburn, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.

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Slide 20

  In memory of

  William Crawford Jamieson

  H.M. Trawler Phineas Beard, Royal Naval Patrol Service.

  Died 8th December 1941.

  Age 18.

  Son of William Crawford Snr. and Annie Jamieson, of Church Street,

  Willington Quay.

  William trained at the Naval Training Centre, Grimsby.

  He volunteered for and died on his first sea operation.

  His service totalled 10 weeks

  

  Remembered with honour

  LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk.

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Slide 21

  In memory of

  John Henry Kermode

  H.M.S. Harvester, Royal Navy.

  Died 11th March 1943.

  Age 22.

  Son of Henry Robert and Frances Elizabeth Kermode, of Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 22

  In memory of

  Sydney Marchant

  H.M.S. Curacoa, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.

  Died 29th September 1945.

  Age 24.

   Son of James Charles and Louise Marchant, of Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 23

  In memory of

  William Marsh

  French Ship Branlebas, Royal Navy.

  Died on Saturday 14th December 1940.

  Age 26.

  Son of Ralph and Catherine Marsh; husband of Hilda and

  father of William Marsh, of 106 Savoury Road, Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour   

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 24

  In memory of

  Richard Dodds Milburn

  H.M.S. Vortigern, Royal Naval Reserve.

  Died on Sunday 15th March 1942.

  Age 30.

  Son of William Dodds Milburn and Margaret Ellen Milburn;

  husband of Elsie Johnson Milburn, of 17 Merlin Crescent,

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 25

  In memory of

  Henry Mills

  H.M.S. Nelson, Royal Navy.

  Died 13th May 1941.

  Age 40.

  Husband of Jane Mills; son of John and Alice Mills, of 109 Bewicke

  Street, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire

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Slide 26

  In memory of

  Philip Payne Drew McKeen

  H.M.S. Egret, Royal Navy.

  Died on Friday 27th August 1943.

  Age 21.

  Son of Thomas and Charlotte McKeen, of 17 Northumberland

  Avenue, Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour  

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 27

  In memory of

  John Robert Moore

  S.S. Empire Shackleton, Royal Navy.

  Died 28th December 1942.

  Age 20.

  Son of John William and Florence Beatrice Moore, of Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHATHAM NAVAL CEMETERY, Kent.

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Slide 28

  In memory of

  Roy Hudson North

  H.M.S. Deveron, Royal Navy.

  Died on Sunday 1st July 1945.

  Age 37.

  Son of Robert Edward and Elizabeth Mary North; husband of

  Agnes North, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY, Sri Lanka.

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Slide 29

  In memory of

  Thomas Christopher O’Carroll

  H.M. Submarine Syrtis, Royal Navy.

  Died on Thursday 30th March 1944.

  Age 23.

  Son of John and Mary O’Carroll; husband of Margaret O’Carroll,

  of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon.

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Slide 30

  In memory of

  Robert William Poulson Scott

  H.M.S. Ibis, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

  Died on Tuesday 10th November 1942.

  Age 24.

  Son of Richard and Catherine Scott, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.

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  Slide 31

  In memory of

  William Robert Spence

  H.M.S. Britomart, Royal Navy
  Died on Sunday 27th August 1944.

  Age 44.

  Evening Chronicle 1944

  William R. Spence A.B.

  Missing presumed killed. Son of the late William, and Elizabeth

  Spence, 7 Hill Street, Willington Quay.

  27 years continuous service with the Royal Navy.

  Brothers Jim, George, John, Norman.

  Son of William and Elizabeth Scott Spence of 7 Hill Street,

  Willington Quay; husband of Laura Ethel Spence, of 7 Cambridge

  Street, Plymouth, late of 7 Hill Street Willington Quay

  

  Remembered with honour

  PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon.

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Slide 32

  In memory of

  John Alexander Stubbs

  H.M.S Fleur de Lys, Royal Navy.

  Died on Tuesday, 14th October 1941.

  Age 22.

  Son of John Thomas and Agnes Stubbs, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 33

  In memory of

  William Walker

  H.M.S. Forth, Royal Naval Reserve.

  Died 12th September 1942.

  Age 39.

  Son of Thomas and Jenny Walker; husband of Norah Irene Walker,

  of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 34   

  In memory of

  Thomas Hopper White

  H.M.S. Welshman, Royal Navy.

  Died on Monday 1st February 1943.

  Age 23.

  Son of Joseph and Annie Hopper White, of Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent.

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Slide 35   

  In memory of

  Harold Walton Wood

  H.M.S. Goshawk, Royal Navy.

  Died on Friday 17th January 1941.

  Age 21.

  Evening Chronicle 1941

  Wood (Inglenook) Rosehill,

  Son Harold, lost at sea,

  January 17th 1941,

  Father, Mother, Sisters and brother Jack.

  Son of Sam and Maud Wood, of Rosehill

  

  Remembered with honour

  LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 36   

  In memory of

  Walter Yarham

  H.M.S. Capel, Royal Navy.

  Died on Tuesday 26th December 1944.

  Age 19.

  Son of Walter and Freda Yarham, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.

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Slide 37   

  In memory of

  Alan Bolam

  Royal Corps of Transport.

  Died 31st December 1990, Saudi Arabia.

  Age 30.

  Husband of Lesley; father of Toni, Michael and Natasha; brother of

  Billy and Linda; son of Marion and Alan Bolam, of Firtrees Avenue,

  Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 38   

  In memory of

  Robert Brown

  Royal Engineers.

  Died May 23rd 1942.

  Age 37.

  Son of Walter and Margaret Jane Brown;

  husband of Jane Brown of Willington Quay

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHURCH BANK CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 39   

  In memory of

  John George Chambers

  66 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.

  Died 31st January 1941.

  Age 22.

  Son of Joseph Lawson Chambers and Jane Chambers,

  of 108 St Peter’s Road, Holy Cross.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 40   

  In memory of

  Charles Edward Clark

  8th Bn., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

  Died on Wednesday 18th April 1945.

  Age 24.

  Son of Charles Edward and Jane Clark of Rosehill; stepson

  of Margaret Clark of Wallsend.

  

  Remembered with honour

  ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY, Italy.

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Slide 41   

  In memory of

  Thomas Charles Clark

  Royal Artillery.

  Died on Saturday 18th July 1942.

  Son of Jack and Florence Clark; husband of Kate Short Clark,

  of 16 Holderness Road, Howdon.

 

  Remembered with honour

  PRESTON CEMETERY, Tynemouth.

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Slide 42   

  In memory of

  John James Coulthard

  1st Bn., Durham Light Infantry.

  Died on Thursday 15th May 1941.

  Age 23.

  Son of John and Mary Coulthard; brother of Martha and Richard

  of 2 Savory Road, Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY, Egypt.

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Slide 43   

  In memory of

  Thomas Metcalfe Dodds

  Pioneer Corps.

  Died 25th July 1946.

  Age 41.

  Husband of Violet Dodds; son of George Thompson Dodds and Elizabeth

  Dodds, of Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 44   

  In memory of

  William Elliott Dryden

  12 Coy., Royal Army Service Corps.

  Died on Monday 8th December 1941.

  Age 30.

  Son of Stephen and Florence Emily Dryden of Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  SAI WAN MEMORIAL, China, (including Hong Kong).

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Slide 45   

  In memory of

  John Edward Fisher

  7th Bn., Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regt.)

  Died on Wednesday 15th August 1945.

  Age 32.

  Son of Samuel Sidney and Catherine Fisher, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY, Telgte, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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Slide 46   

  In memory of

  Charles Gibson

  6 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.

  Died 30th December 1947.

  Age 41.

  Husband of Dorothy Gibson of Ludford, Lincolnshire;

  son of William and Ellen Gibson, of 5 Elmwood Avenue Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 47   

  In memory of

  Robert Graham

  The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).

  Died 7th February 1945.

  Age 29.

  Son of John and Charlotte Graham of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 48   

  In memory of

  Richard Jeffery Harland

  6th Bn., Durham Light Infantry.

  Died on Sunday 10th September 1944.

  Age 30.

  Son of Robert Henry and Margaret Harland;

  husband of Mary Harland, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  GEEL WAR CEMETERY, Geel, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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Slide 49   

  In memory of

  George T. Hoult

  1st Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.

  Died 20th June 1967.

  Age 23.

  Husband of Mavis; father of Garry and Gail, of Threap Gardens,

  Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  SILENT VALLEY CEMETERY, Aden.

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Slide 50   

  In memory of

  Paul Roderick Lauder

  1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish, Black Watch, Royal Highland Regt.

  Died on Monday, 20th May 1940.

  Age 31.

  Son of Arthur and Isabella Lauder of 52, Stanley Street, Rosehill;

  brother of Don, Elsie, Neil and Eric.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France.

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Slide 51   

  In memory of

  Ernest Stephen Mason

  

  Royal Engineers (Bomb Disposal).

  Died 23rd September 1940.

  Age 37.

  Husband of Dian Mason; father of Stephen and William of

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  WILLESDEN NEW CEMETERY, Middlesex.

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Slide 52   

  In memory of

  Francis Albert Bruce Mason

  2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.

  Died on Friday 22nd October 1943.

  Age 26.

  Husband of Elsie Mason, of Willington Quay,

  

  Remembered with honour

  MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy.

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Slide 53   

  In memory of

  Denis McMullen

  1st (Airborne) Bn., Border Regiment.

  Died on Tuesday 26th September 1944.

  Age 25.

  Son of James and Mary McMullen

  

  Remembered with honour

  ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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Slide 54   

  In memory of

  Charles Moore

  16th Bn., Durham Light Infantry.

  Died on Friday 12th May 1944.

  Age 36.

  Husband of Nellie Moore; son of Charles and Elizabeth Moore,

  of 32 Archer Street, Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY, Czech Republic.

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Slide 55   

  In memory of

  Thomas Edward Morris

  6th Bn., Durham Light Infantry.

  Died on Saturday 14th November 1942.

  Age 29.

  Evening Chronicle 1942

  Morris, Thomas Edward, Sgt., D.L.I. 16 Bede Cresc., Willington Quay.

  Age 29, presumed to have died as a POW in Italian hands.

  

  Remembered with honour

  ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt.

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Slide 56   

  In memory of

  George Mullen

  2nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.)

  Died of wounds on Monday 26th April 1943.

  Age 20.

  Son of Thomas and Frances Mullen, late of Archer Street East,

  Willington Quay. Moved to 569a Kingsbury Road, London.

  

  Remembered with honour

  OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.

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Slide 57   

  In memory of

  George Mullen

  1st Bn., Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.

  Died on Tuesday 29th April 1941.

  Age 22.

  Son of Mrs. K. Neary, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOBRUCK WAR CEMETERY, Libya.

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Slide 58   

  In memory of

  John O’Keefe

  6th Bn., Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment).

  Died on Wednesday 18th April 1945.

  Age 28.

  Son of Dennis and Julia O’Keefe; husband of  Mary Ellen O’Keefe;

  father of John and Mary, of 83 Savory Road.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BECKLINGTON WAR CEMETERY, Soultau, Niedersachsen, Germany.

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Slide 59   

  In memory of

  John Peirs

  1st Battalion, Tyneside Scottish, Black Watch, Royal Highland Regt.

  Died on Monday 20th May 1940.

  Age 21.

  Son of William and Margaret Peirs of 20 Benjamin Road,

  Willington Quay.

  John was sent to France before completing recruit training.

  His military service totalled 5 weeks and 3 days.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France.

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Slide 60   

  In memory of

  George King Priest

  86 (The Hertfordshire Yeo.) Field Regt., Royal Artillery.
  Died on Tuesday 6th June 1944.

  Age 30

  Son of Alfred Barker Priest and Minnie Dryden Priest, of 28

  Philipson Street, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France.

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Slide 61   

  In memory of

  James Rafferty

  242 Bty., 48 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery.

  Died on Sunday 18th February 1945 while a prisoner of war in

  Japanese hands.

  Age 24.

  Son of James and Catherine Rafferty, of 13 Gibson Street,

  Willington Square.

  

  Remembered with honour

  SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore.

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Slide 62   

  In memory of

  William Thompson Reid

  6th Bn., Green Howards (Yorkshire Regt).

  Died on Saturday 27th March 1943.

  Age 30.

  Husband of Jane Reid, of New Park, Harrogate, Yorkshire;

  son of James and Jane Reid of Hodgson Street, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  SFAX WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.

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Slide 63   

  In memory of

  John Henry Richardson

  16th Bn., Durham Light Infantry.

  Died April 25th 1941.

  Age 29.

  Son of John and Christina Richardson, of Wallsend;

  husband of May Richardson, of Willington Quay

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHURCH BANK CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 64   

  In memory of

  John Henry Richardson

  8 Medium Regt., Royal Artillery.

  Died on Sunday 27th August 1944.

  Age 28.

  Evening Chronicle 1944

  Richardson (High Howdon). In loving memory of Harry, only son

  of Mary and the late William.

  Killed in Burma, August 27 1944.

  Son of William and Mary Richardson; husband of G. E. Richardson,

  of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  RANGOON MEMORIAL, Myanmar.

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Slide 65   

  In memory of

  Henry Robertson

  4th Bn., Border Regiment.

  Died on Sunday 9th November 1941.

  Age 23.

  Son of Dougal Stewart Robertson and Phoebe Robertson of

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY, Libya.

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Slide 66   

  In memory of

  John George Slone

  2nd Bn., Cheshire Regiment.

  Died on Sunday 18th June 1944.

  Age 28.

  Son of Thomas and Margaret Lawrence Christmas Carr Slone;

  husband of Eileen Slone, of Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY, Calvados, France.

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Slide 67   

  In memory of

  George Joseph Smith

  1st Bn. The Hertfordshire Regt., (Beds and Herts).

  Died on Wednesday 11th October 1944.

  Age 30.

  Son of Robert and Mary Smith; husband of Doreen Smith of High Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  FAENZA WAR CEMETERY, Italy.

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Slide 68   

  In memory of

  Thomas Henderson Stewart

  127 Field Regt., Royal Artillery.

  Died on Saturday 6th March 1943.

  Age 22.

  Son of Thomas and Margaret Stewart, of 9 St. Cuthbert’s Road,

  Holy Cross.

  

  Remembered with honour

  SFAX WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.

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Slide 69   

  In memory of James

  James William Stockill

  123 (6th Bn. The City of London Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.,

  Royal Artillery.

  Died on Tuesday 13th June 1944.

  Age 22.

  Son of Robert J. and Lizzie Stockill, of Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados, France.

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Slide 70   

  In memory of

  Mathew Templeton

  Royal Army Service Corps.

  Died on Wednesday 10th January 1940.

  Age 21.

  Son of James Templeton; adopted son of Robert and Annie

  Fletcher, of 96 Ord Avenue, Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 71   

  In memory of

  Robert Reed Trewick

  Royal Army Service Corps.

  Died 18th October 1945.

  Age 41.

  Son of George William and Isabella Heslop Trewick, of Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 72   

  In memory of

  James Wallace

  Royal Engineers.

  Died on Friday 23rd February 1940.

  Age 50.

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  CHURCH BANK CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 73   

  In memory of

  Arthur Wellesley George Ward

  Royal Engineers (12 Bomb Disposal Company).

  Died 10th April 1944.

  Age 28.

  Son of Arthur and Bertha Ward; husband of Mary Veronica Ward,

  of 42 Ridley Avenue, High Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 74   

  In memory of

  John Ball Watson

  1st Bn., Tyneside Scottish, Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment.

  Died 21st May 1940.

  Age 23.  

  Son of Robert and Helen Watson, of 7 Harrison Road, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de Calais, France.

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Slide 75   

  In memory of

  George Foster Weavers

  1st Bn., Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.

  Died 13th October 1940.

  Age 22.

  Husband of Margaret Weavers; son of Margaret and

  Alfred Weavers of 18 Holme Gardens, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 76   

  In memory of

  Albert John Webb

  709 Artisan Works Coy, Royal Engineers.

  Died on Sunday 10th September 1944.

  Age 27.

  Husband of Margaret Webb, of 8 Timlin Gardens, Howdon

  

  Remembered with honour

  FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY, Italy.

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Slide 77   

  In memory of

  James Steven Weir

  Royal Corps of Signals.

  Died on Tuesday 23rd February 1943.

  Age 32.

  Son of Samuel Robert and Ethel Weir; husband of Margaret Weir

  of 20 Holme Gardens, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.

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Slide 78   

  In memory of

  William Cuthbert Wilson

  Royal Artillery.

  Died 7th February 1943.

  Age 40.

  Husband of Margaret Ann Wilson; son of Joseph Dyer Wilson

  and Elizabeth Ethel Wilson, of Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 79   

  In memory of

  George Henry Young

  5th Bn., The King’s Regiment (Liverpool).

  Died Sunday 13th January 1946.

  Age 21.

  Son of Joseph and Eliza Ann Young, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY, Germany.

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Slide 80   

  In memory of

  Ernest Young

  

  93 (6th Bn., The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

  Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery.

  Died on Sunday 17th January 1943.

  Age 24.

  Son of Peter and Alice Young, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BEJA WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia.

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Slide 81   

  In memory of

  Thomas Armstrong

  9 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

  Died on Tuesday 19th August 1941.

  Age 20.

  Son of Thomas and Ethel Armstrong, of 58 Stanley Street,

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TONDER CEMETERY, Denmark.

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Slide 82   

  In memory of

  Arthur Beaty

  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died on Wednesday 23rd September 1942.

  Age 20.

  Son of John William and Ethel Beaty of High Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  GWERU CEMETERY, Zimbabwe.

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Slide 83   

  In memory of

  Thomas Conway

  14 Sqdn., Royal Air Force.

  Died on Tuesday 10th September 1940.

  Age 23.

  Son of Emily and Patrick Conway, of 37 Gibson Street,

  Willington Square.

  

  Remembered with honour

  KEREN WAR CEMETERY, Eritrea.

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Slide 84   

  In memory of

  Brian Filmer

  Royal Air Force.

  Died Monday 29th November 1943.

  Age 31.

  Son of Frank and Janet Filmer, of 27 Harrison Road, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  SINGAPORE MEMORIAL, Singapore.

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Slide 85   

  In memory of

  James Donald Gray

  Died on Sunday 31st December 1944

  Evening Chronicle 1944

  GRAY, JAMES DONALD. R.A.F.

  Died as a Japanese POW 311244.

  Friends of the Central Methodist Church and Sunday school,

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with Honour

  LABUAN WAR CEMETERY, Malaysia.

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Slide 86   

  In memory of

  Albert Victor Green

  Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) 77 Squadron.

  Died 29th December 1942.

  Age 32.

  Son of Victor and Ethel Green; husband of Dorothy Green of

  3 Murray Road, Rosehill.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 87   

  In memory of

  John Hall

  75 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died on Wednesday 7th May 1941.

  Age 20.

  Son of John George and Frances Jane Hall, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY, Yorkshire.

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Slide 88   

  In memory of

  Cyril Broadbent Landreth

  Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve).

  Died 22nd July 1944.

  Age 29.

  Son of Percy and Anna Laura Landreth; husband of Doris Landreth,

  of 64 Tynemouth Road, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 89   

  In memory of

  Norman Leitch

  404 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve).

  Died 1st February 1942.

  Age 18.

  Son of Edward Nicholson Leitch and May Leitch of Chapel House

  Rosehill Road, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 90   

  In memory of

  Thomas Longstaff

  9 Sqdn., Royal Air Force.  

  Died on Monday 27th March 1944.

  Age 24.

  Son of Thomas and Annie Longstaff, of Darlington; husband of

  Margaret Ann Longstaff, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  INGLETON (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD, Durham.

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Slide 91

  In memory of

  Terence Christopher McFadden

  640 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died on Friday 31st March 1944.

  Age 21.

  Son of James and Mary Catherine McFadden, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany.

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Slide 92   

  In memory of

  William McMahon

  Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died 13th August 1941 at Bassingbourn, Hertfordshire.

  Age 26.

  Son of Ellen and William McMahon of 10 Benjamin Road,

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 93   

  In memory of

  Thomas Watson Moore

  103 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died 16th Dec 1943.

  Age 23.

  Son of John and Dorothy Moore of High Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  BERLIN CEMETERY, Germany.

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Slide 94   

  In memory of

  Charles Quinn Rafferty

  57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died 14th March 1945.  

  Age 21. Son of James and Catherine Rafferty, of 13 Gibson Street,

  Willington Square.

  

  Remembered with honour

  DURNBACH CEMETERY, Bayern, Germany.

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Slide 95   

  In memory of

  James Renwick

  103 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  Died on Tuesday 15th June 1943.

  Age 20.

  Son of Robert W. and Helen Renwick, of 56 Bede Crescent,

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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Slide 96   

  In memory of

  William Haswell Thompson

  101 Sqdn., Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve).

  Died 19th March 1944.

  Age 27.

  Son of William and Annie Thompson, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 97   

  In memory of

  George McGill McRobie

  H.M.L.C.F. 15., Royal Marines.

  Died on Saturday 17th June 1944.

  Age 23.

  Son of George McGill McRobie and Margaret Ann McRobie,

  of 7 Holderness, Road, Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon.

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Slide 98   

  In memory of

  John Marshall Bruce

  S.S. Almeda Star (London), Merchant Navy.

  Died Friday 17th January 1941.

  Age 31.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 99   

  In memory of

  Stanley Chambers

  S.S. Hartlbury Merchant Navy.  

  Died 7th July 1942.

  Age 16.    

  Son of Charles Henry and Eleanor Chambers, of

  Willington Quay    

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 100   

  In memory of

  William Clelland

  S.S. Empire Leopard (London), Merchant Navy.

  Died on Monday 2nd November 1942.

  Age 21.

  Son of William and Charlotte Clelland; sister Irene;

  brother Leonard, R.N., of 93 Laing Grove.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 101   

  In memory of

  Anthony Connolly

  S.S. Empire Leopard, Merchant Navy.

  Died on Monday 2nd November 1942.

  Age 20.

  Evening Chronicle 1942

  Connolly (Howdon) In loving memory of our dear son, Anthony,

  M.N., lost at sea. Nov. 2, 1942.

  Father, mother, sisters and brother

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 102   

  In memory of

  Charles Frederick Coutts

  S.S. Empire Gold, Merchant Navy.

  Died on 18th April 1945.

  Age 25.

  Son of Charles Frederick Fraser Coutts and Agnes Coutts, of

  High Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 103   

  In memory of

  Norman Casey Dodds

  S.S. Greyfriars, Merchant Navy.

  Died 11th January 1941.

  Age 17.

  Son of Thomas and Mary and Dodds, of 34 Stead Street.

  His father died in the same action (Joint grave).

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 104   

  In memory of

  Thomas Dodds

  S.S. Greyfriars, Merchant Navy.

  Died on 11th January 1941.

  Age 46. Husband of Mary Dodds of 34 Stead Street, Willington Quay.

  His son, Norman, died in the same action (Joint grave).

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 105   

  In memory of

  John Finnigan

  S.S. Yewforest, Merchant Navy.

  Died on Thursday 19th November 1942.

  Age 39.

  Son of Nicholas and Polly Finnigan; husband of Kathleen Grace

  Finnigan, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with Honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 106   

  In memory of

  James Alexander Gray

  S.S. Empire Turnstone, Merchant Navy.

  Died on Thursday 22nd October 1942.

  Age 42.

  Husband of Margaret Ann Gray, of Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 107   

  In memory of

  John Henaghan

  Merchant Navy

  Husband of Mrs Henaghan of 77 Savory Road, Rosehill

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 108   

  In memory of

  Robert Hall Hildrew

  M.V. Royal (London), Merchant Navy.

  Died 24th November 1940.

  Age 32.

  Son of James and Alice R. Hildrew, of 23 Lisle Grove,

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 109   

  In memory of

  Frank Laskey

  S.S. Ambrose Fleming (London), Merchant Navy.

  Died Tuesday 29th April 1941.

  Age 47.

  Evening Chronicle 1941

  Laskey, High Howdon, 93 Archer Street East. Lost at sea.

  Husband of Frances Ann Laskey. Dedication of a memorial tablet and

  a service at the Seaman’s Mission South Shields.

  Husband of Frances Ann Laskey; Son of Francis and Hannah Laskey

  of High Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 110   

  In memory of

  John Sandilands Nairn

  Merchant Navy.

  

  Died at Sapele, West Africa,

  18th September 1943.

  Age 24.

  Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Nairn, of 86 Stanley Street, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

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Slide 111   

  In memory of

  Leslie Naylor

  Empire Takoradi, Merchant Navy.

  Died August 16th 1945.

  Age 26.

  Youngest son of William and Margaret Naylor; Husband of Mary;

  father of Leslie, of 1 Holme Gardens, Howdon.

  

  Remembered with Honour

  BOMBAY CEMETERY.

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Slide 112   

  In memory of

  Alexander Sterling O’Connor

  S.S. Homeside (Newcastle upon Tyne), Merchant Navy.

  Died on Tuesday 28th January 1941.

  Age 59.

  Son of Alexander and Katherine O’Connor; husband of Mabel O’Connor,

  of High Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 113   

  In memory of

  George Pace

  S.S. Navasota (Southampton), Merchant Navy.

  Died on Tuesday 5th December 1939.

  Age 25.

  Son of George and Dorothy Frances Pace, of

  39 Lisle Grove, Howdon.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 114   

  In memory of

  David Sutherland

  M.V. Silverpalm (London), Merchant Navy

  Died on Monday 9th June 1941.

  Age 31.

  Husband of Mrs. Sutherland of Potter Street, Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 115   

  In memory of

  James Devine Wilmott

  S.S. Quickstep (Newcastle upon Tyne), Merchant Navy.

  Died on Monday 12th January 1942.

  Age 17.

  Son of William and Sarah Wilmott, of 33 Norman Terrace,

  Willington Quay.

  

  Remembered with honour

  TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London.

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Slide 116   

  In memory of

  Harold Anderson

  Home Guard.

  1st Sept 1941, at 38 Bede Crescent.

  Age 21.

  Son of Eunice and Smith Anderson of 38 Bede Crescent.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 117   

  In memory of

  Thomas Robson Newby.

  Home Guard.

  Died 25th April 1941 at 4 Headlam Street.

  Age 17.

  Son of Thomas Robson Newby and the late Elizabeth Newby of

  4 Headlam Street.

  His father died during the same air raid.

  

  Remembered with honour

  HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, Wallsend.

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Slide 118   

  In memory of

  William Henry Simmonds Dixon

  National Fire Service.

  18th February 1943.

  Aged 33.

  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, of 20 Point Pleasant Terrace;

  husband of Dorothy Dixon, of 26 Ravensworth Street, Rose Hill.

  At the National Fire Service Garage.

  

  Remembered with honour

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Slide 119   

  THE PRIEST WHO BECAME A HERO OVERNIGHT

  On the night of 25th April, 1941, German planes carried out an

  air-raid over Tyneside. Many civilians lost their lives and homes,

  particularly in the vicinity of Willington Quay, near the Roman

  Catholic Church of Our Lady and St. Aidan.

  The sound of the plane’s engines could be heard quite clearly.

  Incendiary bombs were dropped and many fires started. The sky lit up

  with what looked like chandeliers brightly burning, floating about

  overhead, as if the moon was at its full.

  Air-raid wardens ushered people into the air-raid shelters at top

  speed. A report was circulated that an object attached to a parachute

  had been seen over the Benton area, and was slowly coming down to

  earth. Moving towards the railway bridge near Haggies Ropery, the

  object attached to the parachute was a mine. It descended on the

  houses of Headlam Street and Hodgson Street, shattering and

  destroying all the houses as it exploded. There were three men

  standing near the Dun Cow Inn at the time. Two of these ran along the

  road, and as they did so a big kerb stone fell at the heels of one

  Mr. Naisbitt. Mr. Paddy Cassidy did not move, but remained around the

  corner. He was never seen again.

  A young priest, Father Thomas Scriven, dashed out of the church

  carrying the Blessed Sacrament to administer the Last Rites. He knew

  that many of his parishioners were buried under the rubble. On

  reaching the scene, he took off his coat, and set to work with his

  bare hands, tearing at the wreckage. Not caring about risking his own

  life, he worked untiringly, all through the night, and well into the

  next day. He was aided by Mr. John Kennedy, who stayed with the

  priest and gave him all the help he could in pulling the victims out

  of the wreckage. Although Father Scriven was advised to give up by

  the officials and wardens, he would not do so. He knew that one old

  lady Mrs. Doyle, who had a shop near the Dun Cow Inn, was still

  buried under the shambles and he was determined to get her out at all

  costs. They finally reached her huddled under the stairs. She was the

  last person to receive the Blessed Sacrament. Her son Jimmy was

  killed in this raid. In all twenty-four persons were killed, fifteen

  of them Roman Catholics. It was said that the Rev. Father Scriven

  should have had an award in recognition of his bravery, but if anyone

  told him so, he would point a finger upwards and say “I will get my

  reward in Heaven”. He was always admired and respected by Catholics

  and non-Catholics alike. Later he moved to St. Mary’s, South Moor,

  County Durham. He had been curate at St. Aidan’s where he served for

  sixteen years.

  In later years Fr. Scriven suffered ill health, and died on the 9th

  November, 1973, at the age of 69 years. He was interred in a grave

  near the entrance of his church.

  The above is an extract from ‘Folks alang the Road’ A. SENIOR (1980

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Slide 120   

  Civilian Roll of Honour

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Slide 121   

  In memory of

  

  Georgina Addis

  Aged 24; of 4 Cleveland Gardens; wife of Cpl. Thomas Edward Addis,

  Coldstream Guards.

  Died 10th April 1941, at 39 Biddlestone Crescent.

  

  Smith Anderson

  Aged 52; Son of Smith and Ellen Anderson of 99 Vine Street;

  husband of Eunice Anderson

  of 38 Bede Crescent. Air raid victim 1st Sept 1941

  at 38 Bede Crescent.

  

  Kenneth Anderson

  Aged 12; Son of Eunice and Smith Anderson of 38 Bede Crescent.

  Air raid victim 1st Sept 1941 at 38 Bede Crescent.

  

  Remembered with honour

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Slide 122   

  In memory of

  

  Francis Beavis

  Aged 23; of 20 Ridley Avenue; daughter of James Robert and Henrietta

  Beavis,

  Died 25th April 1941, 20 Ridley Avenue.

  

  James Cassidy

  Aged 25; Firewatcher; of 27 Headlam Street.

  Husband of Mary Cassidy.

  25th April 1941, at Western Road.

  

  John Carr Corr

  Aged 87; of 12 Western Road.

  25th April 1941, at 12 Western Road.

  

  Remembered with honour

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  In memory of

  

  Elizabeth Webb Cook

  Aged 27; of 20 Ridley Avenue.

  Daughter of James Robert and Henrietta Beavis;

  Wife of George A. Cook, Royal Army Service Corps.

  25th April 1941, 20 Ridley Avenue.

  

  Joseph Corder

  Aged 12. Died 10th April 1941 at Shipwright’s Buildings.

  

  James Doyle

  Aged 33; Son of Mary and the late Frank Doyle, of

  43 Rutherford Street.

  25th April 1941, at 24 Western Road.

  

  Remembered with honour

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Slide 124    

  In memory of

  

  Margaret Elliott

  Aged 22; of 151 Holy Avenue. Daughter of Nicholas and Isabella

  Atkinson of

  6 Shaftoe Street North, Rosehill; wife of Robert Hilton Elliott.

  1st May 1942, at 157 Holly Avenue.

  

  Mary Gilchrist

  Aged 23; of 8 Back Headlam Street.

  Wife of A.C.I.  E. G. Gilchrist, Royal Air Force.

  Injured 26th April, 1941, at 8 Back Headlam Street;

  died 2nd May 1941, at Preston Emergency Hospital.

  

  James Henry Gudgin

  Aged 50; of 6 Back Headlam Street.

  Husband of the late Emma Charlotte Gudgin.

  25th April 1941, at Headlam Street.

  

  Remembered with honour

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Slide 125   

  In memory of

  

  Margaret Joyce

  Aged 67; of 10 Headlam Street.

  Wife of the late John Joyce.

  25th April 1941, at 10 Headlam Street.

  

  Cornelius Joyce

  Aged 19; of 10 Headlam Street.

  Son of Margaret and the late John Joyce.

  25th April 1941, at 10 Headlam Street

  

  Thomas Robson Newby Snr.

  Age 49; Fire watcher; of 4 Headlam Street. Son of Margaret and Ralph

  Newby;

  Husband of Elizabeth Newby. 25th April 1941 at 4 Headlam Street.

  His son died during the same air-raid.

  

  Remembered with honour

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Slide 126   

  In memory of

  

  Sidney Osborne

  Aged 42. husband of Mary Osborne of 26 Shaftoe Street.

  25th April 1941, at Headlam Street

  

  John Henry Snell

  Aged 76,

  Husband of Clara Snell, of 24 Headlam Street, Willington Quay.

  25th April 1941 at Headlam street

  

  Martin Summerly

  Aged 48, Husband of Maud (nee Carr), of 16 Headlam Street,

  Willington Quay.

  25th April 1941, at Headlam Street

  

  Remembered with honour

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Slide 127   

  In memory of

  

  John Simpson Scott

  Aged 35; of 4 Back Headlam Street.

  Son of Catherine Scott, of 42 Firtrees Avenue,

  and of the late Richard Scott; husband of Margaret Scott.

  25th April 1941, at 4 Back Headlam Street.

  

  Margaret Scott

  Aged 34; of 4 Back Headlam Street.

  Wife of John Simpson Scott.

  25th April 1941, at 4 Back Headlam Street.

  

  Robert Scott

  Aged 6; of 4 Back Headlam Street.

  Son of John Simpson Scott and Margaret Scott.

  Injured 25th April 1941, at 4 Back Headlam Street.

  Died 26th April 1941 at Preston Emergency Hospital.

  

  Remembered with honour

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